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  • Formosa, nỗi lòng dân có ai thấu? - RFA | 19.04.2017 Thảm họa môi trường Formosa xảy ra đã hơn một năm với những hệ quả khủng khiếp ảnh hưởng trực tiếp đến đời sống người dân. Trong suốt một năm qua, báo chí trong nước nhắc tới thảm họa môi trường này với cụm từ “sự cố” và nếu có nhắc đến […]
  • Cưỡng chế đất bằng vòi rồng, bắt 11 người dân - RFA | 19.04.2017 11 người dân bị bắt giữ trong một vụ cưỡng chế đất tại Lai Châu vào sáng thứ Ba, ngày 18 tháng Tư. Báo giới trong nước đưa tin trong ngày 19 tháng Tư cho biết Ủy ban Nhân dân tỉnh Lai Châu ra quyết định tiến hành cưỡng chế đối với […]
  • Vietnam Arrests 11 People in Land Dispute in Lai Chau Province - by Defend the Defenders, April 20, 2017 On April 18, authorities in Vietnam’s northern province of Lai Chau arrested 11 local residents in relation to a land dispute case, charging them with “resisting persons in the performance of their official duties” under Article 257 of the Penal Code, the Nhan Dan newspaper reported. The detainees […]
  • Vietnamese Man Brutally Beaten by Muslim Brother For Refusing to Renounce Jesus Christ - The Gospel Herald, Apr 19, 2017 A Vietnamese man was left bloodied and beaten by his own brother and isolated from his hometown after he, along with his family, converted from Islam to Christianity. A Vietnamese man was left bloodied and beaten by his own brother and isolated from his hometown after he, along with […]
  • Fighting corruption in Vietnam requires institutional reform - Nguyen Hong Hai, University of Queensland East Asia Forum, April 19, 2017 The first half of 2016 saw Vietnam’s fight against corruption gain new momentum. Having consolidated his power after being re-elected as Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), Nguyen Phu Trong issued resolutions and directives aimed at tightening party members’ ethical conduct. […]
  • Beware Vietnam’s Death Machine - A closer look at capital punishment in the Southeast Asian state. By David Hutt, The Diplomat, April 20, 2017 One Thursday in July 2013, Barack Obama and his Vietnamese counterpart, Truong Tan Sang, sat down in the Oval Office to discuss Thomas Jefferson. Sang brought to this historic meeting between the two nation’s presidents a […]
  • Hoa Hao Buddhists Protest against Harassment, Beatings in Vietnam’s An Giang - Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2017 Scores of Hoa Hao Buddhists in a village in southwestern Vietnam’s An Giang province protested on Wednesday against local authorities for harassing and beating them when they gathered to pray at the home of a former prisoner of conscience. Police in Phuoc Hung village, Phuoc Hoa commune, in the […]
  • Fork in the River - The lives of tens of millions of people are about to be transformed by a series of ambitious dam projects in Southeast Asia. By Gus Greenstein and Austin Meyer, Roads and Kingdoms, April 18, 2017 KBAL ROMEAS, Cambodia—Dam Samnang’s home will soon be submerged. But he isn’t budging. Samnang knows that his village, Kbal Romeas, […]
  • Vietnam Farmers Free 15 Police Detained Amid Land Clash - Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2017 Farmers involved in a land dispute in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi freed 15 riot police Tuesday held in the aftermath of a clash with authorities over the weekend and said they are preparing to release around 20 additional local officials, according to state media. On the morning of April 15, […]
  • Cambodia to Repatriate Montagnard Asylum Seekers to Vietnam - Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2017 Cambodian immigration officials will repatriate 26 Montagnard asylum seekers to Vietnam this weekend to comply with a request by the United Nations refugee agency, the head of the Interior Ministry’s refugee department said Tuesday. Tan Sovichea said that the Montagnards who failed to obtain refugee status from the United […]